When: | December 2, 2008 12:00pm-2:00pm | |
Where: | Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action 220 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10001 |
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Price: | Free | |
Type: | Lecture | |
Please join Demos and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for a forum with nationally-recognized environmental advocate and lawyer James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, about his new book, The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. It comes as no surprise to progressive policymakers and environmental advocates that the US environmental movement faces grave challenges. In addition to severe deforestation, the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals, and the depletion of the earth's stratospheric ozone layer, human activities have contributed to planetary warming and climate disruption. The United States is undoubtedly complicit in these global trends. Contemporary capitalism, Speth asserts, has wreaked havoc not only on America's financial system, but also on the well-being of our planet. In a stern but hopeful tone, The Bridge at the End of the World emphasizes that in order to produce transformative change in green policy, we must re-examine the root causes of the global environmental crisis and determine what we can do as a community, as a nation, and as a global society to protect our natural environment for future generations. Additional Info/Contact: Jinny Khanduja, This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or 212.389.1399 |
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